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Clinical photography is essential in a dermatology practice. It allows registry of lesions, control follow-up and, comparative evaluation. It is a powerful teaching tool for clinicians and peers implicated in the patient’s care (pathologists, nurses, students). It is used for teledermatology and for second opinion. Proper equipment, correct setting conditions (standardization), storage, and efficient retrieval software are essential to maximize its usefulness.
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- DICOM
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Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. It is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging.
- JPEG format
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Joint Photographers Experts Group format. It is the most common format for storing and transmitting photographic images.
- LCD
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Liquid crystal display. It is a flat panel that uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals.
- Medical Images Organizer (MIO)
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It is a group of software tools developed to incorporate digital medical imaging into medical records. It integrates medical images in a centralized manner, facilitating access to it. It turns into DICOM a medical image or video, among other features.
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Picture archiving and communication system. It is a medical imaging technology which provides economical storage of, and convenient access to, images from multiple modalities.
- PDA
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Personal digital assistant, also know as palmtop computer or personal data assistant is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager and nowadays mostly substituted by smartphones.
- RAW format
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Sometimes called digital negatives, as they fulfill the same role as negatives in film photography. They are intended to capture as closely as possible the radiometric characteristics of the scene, that is, physical information about the light intensity and color of the scene.
- SRL camera
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(Single-lens Reflex Camera) is a camera that uses a mirror and prism system that permits to view through the lens and see what exactly what will be captured.
- Total Body Photography
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(TBP) is a diagnostic technique used to track changes in the skin, helping to identify new moles and melanomas.
- TIFF format
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(Tagged Image File Format) It is a file format for storing images. As of 2009, it is under the control of Adobe Systems.
- TTL metering
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(Through-The-Lens Metering) Often associated to SRL cameras, is a photographic term describing the capability of measuring light levels is a scene through their taking lenses.
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Pasquali, P. (2014). Photography in Dermatology. In: Baldi, A., Pasquali, P., Spugnini, E. (eds) Skin Cancer. Current Clinical Pathology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7357-2_19
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